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California Cop Who Shot 18-Year-Old Had His Bodycam Off, But Surveillance Footage Captured Him Shooting Suspect in the Back as He Fled (wiredposts.com)

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[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Shopping at Walmart probably contributes just as much if not more to the republicans than buying a 1911 or an AR-15.

You don't need to make guesses. You can see how much the gun lobby donates (and to what scumbags).

Dont know if ya noticed but we've got a bit of a Nazi problem again, and frankly even if we keep the republicans out of office they will probably cause problems for minorities.

Damn, so the Nazi problem must be even worse in places like Australia and the UK who have "banned guns" right? Oh look at that. It isn't. Because guns don't prevent Nazis.

But goddamn, do those gun laws ever help Nazis. I don't know how many Nazis there are with AR-15s in England, but if I was betting on something that fucked, my money would be on "zero". Meanwhile in America there must be what.. at least a million?

So thanks for that. Thanks for ensuring that the "problems" they cause minorities aren't just slurs and fists, but being executed in the street by a "responsible gun owner".

One of my best friends is trans and a tad bit too suicidal to trust himself with one

What a cool situation the pro-gun community has put them in. If they're murdered by a far-right fuckstain with a legal gun, the pro-gun community will victim blame them because they didn't have a gun. If they buy a gun and kill themselves with it, they'll be swept under the rug because suicides don't count for the pro-gun crowd.

my other friends has at least two shotguns in his closet

Then your friend should secure their firearms properly.

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